Systems and methods for personalizing a portal

• US 7,810,036 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2004
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: BEA Systems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Owen, James, Noonan, Timothy, Patadia, Jalpesh, Mueller, Jeffrey, Bales, Christopher E., Olson, Nathan, Devgan, Manish
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo; Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran; Tuyetlien T
• Application Number:
  US10/786,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20040230947A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,414 Days
• Field of Search: 715/742, 715/741, 709/201
• US Class Current: 715/742
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

A system and method for configuring a portal, comprising providing a first user interface operable to define and/or manage the portal; providing a second user interface operable to define and/or manage personalization of the portal; and wherein the portal can include at least one of the following portal resources: a desktop, a book, a page, a portlet, a shell, a look and feel, and a layout.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented interactive tool that can configure a portal, comprising:

a microprocessor that is capable of running a plurality of user interfaces;

a first user interface, of the plurality of user interfaces, operable to manage the portal, wherein the portal contains at least one portlet to display one or more contents of a plurality of contents in a content repository;

a second user interface, of the plurality of user interfaces, operable to manage personalization of the portal, wherein the second user interface displays a content selector hierarchy that contains a plurality of content selectors, wherein the content selector hierarchy allows the at least one portlet to be associated with a selected content selector from the plurality of content selectors, and wherein each content selector of the plurality of content selectors, when selected, can cause different content to be displayed on the at least one portlet based on evaluation of personalization rules for each said content selector, wherein the personalization rules for each said content selector contain natural language phrases that are editable using a context-sensitive editor, wherein the context-sensitive editor allows a user to change any pre-selected highlighted phrase in the personalization rules, wherein at least one personalization rule for at least one said content selector contains two highlighted natural language phrases that can be changed by a user, wherein one said highlighted natural language phrase is a value phase that can be selected to change user segments, and wherein another said highlighted natural language phrase can be changed to alter the relationship between a visitor and the value phase.

2. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 1, wherein:

the first user interface operable to manage one of;

a desktop, a book, a page, a shell, a look and feel, and a layout.

3. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 1 wherein:

the portal contains a desktop that can be defined based on a template.

4. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 1 wherein:

the portal contains a desktop that is a user-specific view of a portal.

5. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 1, further comprising:

a third user interface operable to manage a desktop; and

wherein the third user interface can render a preview of the desktop.

6. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 1 wherein:

the portal can be depicted graphically as a hierarchy of at least one portal resources.

7. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 1 wherein:

the first user interface includes a context-sensitive editor.

8. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 1 wherein:

the first user interface includes a hierarchy browser.

9. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 1, further comprising:

another user interface that manages visitor entitlement, wherein the visitor entitlement determines what capabilities are available to a portal visitor for at least one portal resource of the portal.

10. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 9, wherein:

the visitor entitlement is based on a user role.

11. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 1, further comprising:

a third user interface operable to manage content; and

wherein content is part of a virtual content repository (VCR).

12. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 11 wherein:

the third user interface allows a user to modify the VCR by dragging and dropping graphical objects representing VCR nodes.

13. The computer-implemented interactive tool of claim 1 wherein:

the at least one portlet can dynamically present content.

14. A method for configuring a portal, comprising:

providing a first user interface operable to manage the portal, wherein the portal contains at least one portlet to display one or more contents of a plurality of contents in a content repository;

providing a second user interface operable to manage personalization of the portal, wherein the second user interface displays a content selector hierarchy that contains a plurality of content selectors, wherein the content selector hierarchy allows the at least one portlet to be associated with a selected content selector from the plurality of content selectors, and wherein each content selector of the plurality of content selectors, when selected, can cause different content to be displayed on the at least one portlet based on evaluation of personalization rules for each said content selector, wherein the personalization rules for each said content selector contain natural language phrases that are editable using a context-sensitive editor, wherein the context-sensitive editor allows a user to change any pre-selected highlighted phrase in the personalization rules, wherein at least one personalization rule for at least one said content selector contains two highlighted natural language phrases that can be changed by a user, wherein one said highlighted natural language phrase is a value phase that can be selected to change user segments, and wherein another said highlighted natural language phrase can be changed to alter the relationship between a visitor and the value phase.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

providing at least one user interface operable to manage one of;

a desktop, a book, a page, a shell, a look and feel, and a layout.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein further comprising:

providing a desktop in the portal based on a template.

17. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

providing a user-specific view of a portal for a desktop in the portal.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

providing a third user interface operable to manage a desktop; and

wherein the third user interface can render a preview of the desktop.

19. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

depicting the portal graphically as a hierarchy of at least one resource.

20. The method of claim 14 wherein further comprising:

providing a context-sensitive editor in the first user interface.

21. The method of claim 14 wherein further comprising:

providing a hierarchy browser in the first user interface.

22. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

managing visitor entitlement, wherein the visitor entitlement determines what capabilities are available to a portal visitor for at least one resource.

23. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

basing the visitor entitlement on a user role.

24. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

providing a third user interface operable to manage content; and

wherein content is part of a virtual content repository (VCR).

25. The method of claim 24 further comprising:

allowing a user to modify the VCR by dragging and dropping graphical objects representing VCR nodes.

26. The method of claim 14 further comprising:

dynamically presenting content via a portlet in the portal.

27. A storage medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a processor cause a system to:

provide a first user interface operable to manage the portal, wherein the portal contains at least one portlet to display one or more content of a plurality of contents in a content repository;

provide a second user interface operable to manage personalization of the portal, wherein the second user interface displays a content selector hierarchy that contains a plurality of content selectors, wherein the content selector hierarchy allows the at least one portlet to be associated with a selected content selector from the plurality of content selectors, and wherein each content selector of the plurality of content selectors, when selected, can cause different content to be displayed on the at least one portlet based on dynamic evaluation of personalization rules, wherein the personalization rules for each said content selector contain natural language phrases that are editable using a context-sensitive editor, wherein the context-sensitive editor allows a user to change any pre-selected highlighted phrase in the personalization rules, wherein at least one personalization rule for at least one said content selector contains two highlighted natural language phrases that can be changed by a user, wherein one said highlighted natural language phrase is a value phase that can be selected to change user segments, and wherein another said highlighted natural language phrase can be changed to alter the relationship between a visitor and the value phase.

28. The storage medium of claim 27, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

at least one user interface operable to manage one of;

a desktop, a book, a page, a shell, a look and feel, and a layout.

29. The storage medium of claim 27 wherein:

the portal contains a desktop that can be defined based on a template.

30. The storage medium of claim 27 wherein:

the portal contains a desktop that is a user-specific view of a portal.

31. The storage medium of claim 27, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

provide a third user interface operable to manage a desktop; and

wherein the third user interface can render a preview of the desktop.

32. The storage medium of claim 27 wherein:

the portal can be depicted graphically as a hierarchy of at least one resource.

33. The storage medium of claim 27 wherein:

the first user interface includes a context-sensitive editor.

34. The storage medium of claim 27 wherein:

the first user interface includes a hierarchy browser.

35. The storage medium of claim 27, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

manage visitor entitlement, wherein the visitor entitlement determines what capabilities are available to a portal visitor for at least one resource.

36. The storage medium of claim 35, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

base the entitlement on a user role.

37. The storage medium of claim 27, further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

provide a third user interface operable to manage content; and

wherein content is part of a virtual content repository (VCR).

38. The storage medium of claim 37 further comprising instructions that when executed cause the system to:

allow a user to modify the VCR by dragging and dropping graphical objects representing VCR nodes.

39. The storage medium of claim 27 wherein:

dynamically presenting content via a portlet in the portal.